2K Sports Announces Jay-Z as NBA 2K13 Executive Producer, 24 Song Soundtrack Included

[King_B_Mack]

Quote: Originally Posted by jersez

I was using rtp as a example, Jesus Christ. How many people are making this a trending topic barely anyone. Please fully read my post before replying because obliviously I need to say this in simple terms. 1. I'm not arguing marketing, I'm stating the fact that jay-z does nothing for this game but sell it. At the end of the day, this means nothing.

C'mon now son. One of the announcements we were all hoping for was the return of a series that is currently taking a dirt nap because of a lack of sales and then you post this? Means nothing at the end of the day? If Jay-Z is going to sell copies of the game then at the very least it means we don't have to worry about 2K basketball going the way of College Hoops or MLB 2K anytime soon.

[stillfeelme]

Quote: Originally Posted by sactown_13

love shook ones pt 2. one of the best beats ever made

Yeah was used in the playoffs last season. Probably one of the reasons it is in the game

[ProfessaPackMan]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

LOL @ people who called the hype "massive". I read two things about this announcement: Ronnie 2k calling it a big announcement and one of the 2k executives calling it "one of the biggest announcements in 2k history." Thats it. OSers made the hype massive by speculating that it was everything from the return of NFL 2k to some type of College Hoops integration. We ran with it and now are disappointed because its something less than we expected. Thats not 2ks fault. This is a big announcement but just not what most wanted.

Quote: Originally Posted by youvalss

Why? Spoiler There's only one company developing a basketball game.

Quote: Originally Posted by Gman 18

What do you mean?

The bolded part in Aholbert's post hits it on the head.

But apparently some people here think 2K is only supposed to market it's game for the "Sim" Heads, not the Casuals and this was an announcement that was clearly for the Casuals and not the "Sim" Heads and now the "Sim" Heads are upset because they didn't get any news about footplanting or RTP or Atmosphere, etc.

Like other posters have said, the game is still 7 weeks away. Do ya'll REALLY think you're not going to get any more news on the gameplay between now and then?

[Rasco11]

No Flo Rida "wild ones"? (sarcasm)

[videobastard]

More Big announcements coming.

[jersez]

Quote: Originally Posted by JerseySuave4

Every single one of your points are ridiculous 1. Jay Z does nothing for the game except sell it. Ignoring the fact that it's not true and that they've said he is doing more, isn't selling the game what's important to them? Then it seems like bringing Jay Z in is a smart move. 2. Nobody is expecting gameplay announcements in August? Could have fooled me since all i keep reading in this thread is complaining that this announcement wasn't about footplanting, RTP or some other gameplay improvement. 3. It's not worthy of the hype? Bringing in one of the most recognizable, famous and best rappers of ALL TIME to help work on your game isn't worth hype? Clearly you're out of touch. In order to hype up Live's gameplay you need to actually SEE Live's gameplay. We've gotten nothing from EA with Live. Our lasting memories of EA's basketball is that god awful video we all saw which helped lead to them scrapping the game altogether. Not to mention 2k isn't just working on a new soundtrack and giving you the same game as last year.

What's ridicules is you continuing to reply to post you don't even understand.

1. I never said bringing jay-z in wasn't a smart move, please read.
2. Again there is a difference between announcing something and advertising something. "Nobody is expecting gameplay announcements in August? Could have fooled me since all i keep reading in this thread is complaining that this announcement wasn't about footplanting, RTP or some other gameplay improvement". I don't even have a response for this. It's just ******** response.
3. Again I stated in a previous post, this wasn't the biggest announcement in 2k history. Announcing Michael Jordan was. Especially since we've already knew jay-z is executive producing the game. So yes this isn't hype worth imo.

Please don't even reply to me, it's clear that we will not agree and it's a waste of time.

[jersez]

Quote: Originally Posted by King_B_Mack

C'mon now son. One of the announcements we were all hoping for was the return of a series that is currently taking a dirt nap because of a lack of sales and then you post this? Means nothing at the end of the day? If Jay-Z is going to sell copies of the game then at the very least it means we don't have to worry about 2K basketball going the way of College Hoops or MLB 2K anytime soon.

True... but I didn't mean like that. I mean it as he will not fix the gameplay issues. That's what I mean.

[MarvellousOne]

This news is pretty lukewarm to me, the soundtrack announcement is ok I guess I'll more than likely be muting the music after I play the game a few times anyway. Jay-Z being the Executive Producer of 2K....yeah ok I guess. This helps 2K gain more interest with there game, so it's Huge news for them...but I still think the return of M.J. was much bigger news than this personally but it's whatever.